Melopsittacus, Gould, 1840

Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo, 2024, Revised Evolutionary And Taxonomic Synthesis For Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) Guided By Phylogenomic Analysis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (468), pp. 1-87 : 66

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090.468.1.1

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scientific name

Melopsittacus
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Melopsittacini contains a single genus and monotypic species ( Melopsittacus undulatus ), a small green parakeet that occurs throughout the interior of Australia. It is well known in captivity around the world (reviewed in Olsen, 2021).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittacidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittacidae

Genus

Melopsittacus

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